Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:0845 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2018-04-10
Updated:
2018-04-10

RHBA-2018:0845 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

yum bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for yum is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

Yum is a command-line utility that allows the user to check for updates and automatically download and install updated RPM packages. Yum automatically obtains and downloads dependencies, prompting the user for permission as necessary.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of yum are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1287610 - yum message in output when FIPS is enabled
  • BZ - 1358492 - Yum doesn't consider a package providing installonly(kernel) to be installonly
  • BZ - 1361609 - Yum changes arch of package if repository becomes out of sync
  • BZ - 1386597 - Minor problem with yum documentation
  • BZ - 1411575 - minor typo in the yum manpage
  • BZ - 1432319 - [RFE] Configuration option so that normal users can use the root yum cache in "/var/cache/yum"
  • BZ - 1458841 - yum crashes on update: /lib64/libnsssysinit.so: undefined symbol: PR_GetEnvSecure

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
s390x
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
s390x
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
s390x
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
s390x
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
aarch64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
x86_64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
s390x
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 526006b4c83da3bfde3644cd891e55f720184e15a590e92425687cf014c8744e
ppc64le
yum-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 480e0e3515f957620b2509330308d1a2ba0e7754f3c26ed22b6bed7a742d27fd
yum-cron-3.4.3-158.el7.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 7e6e008279356b09b5bd4ae97f910e0406b788d7e1c594a80b09083a252c38fa

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